Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Conifer Systems Inc. maintains 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, showing a distributed prosecution profile for the current portfolio. This distribution suggests that the company's current filings cover different technical aspects within the transportation and mechanical sectors, requiring engagement with multiple specialized units at the office.
The busiest examiner, WU, LORI SOUTHARD, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This indicates that the 2 pending office actions are divided equally between the 2 distinct examiners assigned to these matters. For a practitioner, this means managing two separate examiner relationships and navigating the specific requirements of 2 distinct art units simultaneously, rather than centralizing efforts under one reviewer.
In the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field, having the workload split across multiple reviewers can lead to different prosecution timelines and outcomes. Since WU, LORI SOUTHARD is only handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action, no single individual dominates the company's current legal landscape. This balanced workload requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency in technical arguments across the 2 distinct art units involved in the 2 pending office actions.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| WU, LORI SOUTHARD | 1 | 88.7% | +5.9% |
| SINGH, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 77.1% | +2.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943798 | Compact Axial Flux Electric Motor and Gearbox | WU, LORI SOUTHARD | — |
| 18905329 | Rotor Embedded Impellers for Axial Flux Machine Cooling | SINGH, ALEXANDER A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18943798 | Compact Axial Flux Electric Motor and Gearbox | WU, LORI SOUTHARD | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18905329 | Rotor Embedded Impellers for Axial Flux Machine Cooling | SINGH, ALEXANDER A | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialConifer Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Lori Southard Wu has the most, with 1 of Conifer Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
